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USA goalie is ‘secretary of defense’ on Wikipedia

WATCH: U.S. Women’s Hockey Team Wins the Gold
By Charles Curtis
Feb 22, 2018

People are celebrating Team USA's incredible gold medal win over Team Canada in women's ice hockey by editing Wikipedia, which is a fun recent sports tradition.

U.S. goalie Maddie Rooney has now replaced Jim Mattis as the United States Secretary of Defense after making the gold-clinching save:

Or she's the new Prime Minister of Canada:

Then there are some folks calling Canada's Jocelye Laroque a "sore loser" after she pulled her silver medal off right away:

And per Reddit, someone edited the Team Canada page to say the women's hockey team would now wear "Stars and Stripes."

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